Rosalie Giuffre, left, and Agnes Vautour sit together on the Naples City Dock in Crayton Cove and enjoy watching the birds and boats go by on Monday, March 5, 2018. The dock recently opened to the public after construction.(Photo: Katie Klann/Naples Daily News)Buy Photo

Speed boats, yachts and a few pontoons filled out the slips at the Naples City Dock. Dozens of tourists and residents walked under a cloudless sky Monday across the newly rebuilt dock, which had been under construction for nearly a year.

"It's such a serene place," said Nora Lundquist, of Naples. "Blends the old and the new."

The dock, one of the city’s biggest tourist draws that's not on the beach, officially has reopened to the public. Aging and crumbling wood planks were replaced with floating concrete. Two bathrooms, showers, laundry, a gazebo, and a bait and snack shop were added to the 84 leased slips at one of the few public marinas remaining in the area.

“We’re just tickled pink by it,” said Gene Luciano, captain of Dalis Sport Fishing Charters, which has been based on the dock for decades. “They did a phenomenal job with it; everything is just first-rate.”

Rosalie Giuffre, left, and Agnes Vautour sit together on the Naples City Dock in Crayton Cove and enjoy watching the birds and boats go by on Monday, March 5, 2018. The dock recently opened to the public after construction. Katie Klann/Naples Daily News

Nora Lundquist and her fianc, Richard Lupo, sit together on the dock on Monday, March 5, 2018 at the Naples City Dock in Crayton Cove. "It's such a serene place," said Lundquist, "Blends the old and the new." Katie Klann/Naples Daily News

Tourists and residents watch the pelicans swim by the dock on Monday, March 5, 2018 at the Naples City Dock in Crayton Cove. The dock recently opened to the public after construction. Katie Klann/Naples Daily News

Tourists and residents sit on the dock and watch the boats go by on Monday, March 5, 2018 at the Naples City Dock in Crayton Cove. The dock recently opened to the public after construction. Katie Klann/Naples Daily News

Tourists and residents walk along the newly finished Naples City Dock in Crayton Cove on Monday, March 5, 2018. The dock recently opened to the public after construction.(Photo: Katie Klann/Naples Daily News)

The project cost $7 million and is intended to be paid for strictly from the dock’s rent and fuel revenue. The council fronted the construction money with a 20-year loan from the city’s pool of investments and other cash. Officials will pay the loan down with annual $325,000 payments from the revenue generated at the dock.

However, taxpayers could be on the hook for interest payments if the council decides the dock can’t afford them. Those annual interest payments, capped at 2.5 percent, aren’t expected to exceed $146,000.

Boats traveling down the Gulf Coast or around Florida Bay from the east coast have started to come in to the dock at Naples.

“These are people who are spending a few days here, and they’re coming to our restaurants and stores,” Jacobsen said. “There are not a lot of public marinas left in this area, and we are open.”

An information board lists the charter businesses at the Naples City Dock on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Naples City Dock closes May 1 for a nine-month rebuild, forcing fishing, sailing and sightseeing captains to relocate. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

A boat pulls in to dock at the Naples City Dock on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Naples City Dock closes May 1 for a nine-month rebuild, forcing fishing, sailing and sightseeing captains to relocate. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

People haul their boats from the access point at Landings Park on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. When the Naples City Dock closes on May 1 for a nine-month rebuild, some fishing, sailing and sightseeing captains will temporarily relocate to Landings Park. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

A water shuttle leaves the Naples City Dock on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Naples City Dock closes May 1 for a nine-month rebuild, forcing fishing, sailing and sightseeing captains to relocate. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

Capt. Susan Chaplin, center, works with her customers on Sweet Liberty, a sightseeing sailing catamaran, at the Naples City Dock on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Naples City Dock closes May 1 for a nine-month rebuild, forcing fishing, sailing and sightseeing captains to relocate. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

Signs denote the information for various charter businesses at the Naples City Dock on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Naples City Dock closes May 1 for a nine-month rebuild, forcing fishing, sailing and sightseeing captains to relocate. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

Passengers wait to board Sweet Liberty, a sightseeing sailing catamaran, at the Naples City Dock on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Naples City Dock closes May 1 for a nine-month rebuild, forcing fishing, sailing and sightseeing captains to relocate. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

Signs denote the information for charter businesses at the Naples City Dock on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Naples City Dock closes May 1 for a nine-month rebuild, forcing fishing, sailing and sightseeing captains to relocate. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News